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A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 22, 1964No. 449PublishedCited by 501 opinions

1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan

The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice White, and Mr. Justice Goldberg join.

Under a Kansas statute authorizing the seizure of allegedly obscene books before an adversary determina*207tion of their obscenity and, after that determination, their destruction by burning or otherwise,1 the Attorney General of Kansas obtained an order from the District Court of Geary County directing the sheriff of the county to seize and impound, pending hearing, copies of certain *208paperback novels at the place of business of P-K News Service, Junction City, Kansas. After hearing, the court entered a second order directing the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Bantam Books, Inc. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Marcus v. Search Warrant of PropertySupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by501 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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